Irish Genealogy and History Shownotes. week 121
From the Irish Roots Cafe at www.Irishroots.com
Advance shownotes for July 27

Among Todays Topics:

1) Porter is the Irish Family Name of the Day
2) Search for Arthur of County Antrim; McDowell
3) Grammys Brown Bread recipe
4) Audio Book excerpt: Early Irish Names in St. Louis
5) The Aylwards of Canada: Web Page
6) School of Canadian Irish Studies
7) New York Public Library online

Timeline for this weeks audio broadcast:

This Weeks Topics: 1:12
Notes from Mike: 1:44
Books of the Month: 6:10
St. Louis audio excerpt: 9:00
The Magnificent Seven: 13:28
Irish Name of the Day: 15:05
Websites of the Week: 19:26
Curious News and Notes: 21:39

1) Hey Mike! I’ve been listening to your podcasts on iTunes,
and have been inspired to research my family’s history. But,
I’ve run into a problem. My last name is McDowell, and I have
been told that the McDowells came from different places. Some
of my resources have said Scotland, some say Ireland, Wales
and I’ve even been told Norway two or three times. I was just
wondering if you could clear that up for me.
Also, I’ve heard you say that some names at are usually spelled
Mc, can be spelled with just a M’. If that’s true, can I spell my
name M’Dowell?
Thanks for listening to my questions.
Nicholas McDowell

2) We have added a blog reader to this blog. The blog reader
is a computerized reader, that simply reads this blog, turning
it into audio. Our podcast is completely different ! I am the
host and it has some things not included on the blog.
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4) www.Genealogywise.com is still up and running.
If you are researching your family check it out.
It’s free, you get your own page.
Take a look at my group page, leave your search and join in !http://www.genealogywise.com/profile/MikeOLaughlin
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Books of the Month:

1) Audio Book Excerpt #2. ‘Missouri Irish’ or Irish Settlers
on the American Frontier. By Michael C. O’Laughlin. 1984. 2008.
Listen to this weeks podcast for excerpt read by Molly Nickle (4)

Irish in St. Louis from 1770
Mullanphy, Brady and McKnight, O’Reilly, O’Conor,
the Kerry Patch, politics, organization and education.
The Irish were the largest foreign born population in
St. Louis. The population at the time was small and
growing. (1817 – 1820 ).

Pre-famine Irish in Good numbers.
Gentlemen of education. Our first and second sheriffs,
justices of the peace; Moses Scott, Thomas Maguire,
justices of the peace. Lawless the attorney, Charless and
Cummins first and second proprietors of the Missouri
Gazette, Patrick Dillion, James Arnold, Hugh Rankin,
James Timmon, Michael Daly…….. all merchants,
Thomas Forsythe U.S. Indian agent; Maj. James McGonnigle, quartermaster, Patrick Sullivan professor at the College;
Rochford…… all here in the territorial days
of St. Louis, before statehood and well before the famine
era in Ireland.

Jeremiah Conor was a leading citizen of St. Louis from
County Cork, Ireland in those times. He was sheriff,
justice of the peace and much more.

2) The Irish Palatines in Ontario: Religion, Ethnicity, and
Rural Migration –
(note: this is not our book, go to web address below)
By Carolyn A. Heald. Published by Global Heritage Press.
This new book provides a broad history of the Palatines in
Ontario, where they came from, where they settled, and what characterized their communities.
ISBN: 978-1-897446-37-9 www,globalgenealogy.com

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Coming Up:
Words you should know if you are going to Ireland.
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Time to raise our eyes skywards, give thanks, and ask for help !Here are todays “Magnificent Seven” :

History of the Name
The name from which Porter can be taken was ‘le Porter’
and as such it is a well known English name. In modern
times it may be considered a name of the province of Ulster.
When of English origin it is found in Ireland quite early, with
the exception of the province of Connaught, in the west of
Ireland. It is a fairly numerous name throughout Ireland
today, and is found as both a Catholic and Protestant name…..
The census of 1659 finds the name as a principal one of
County Donegal, and Milesian Families gives the name as
English, arriving in Tyrone in 1640. The Porter……..

1) The Porter family of Belle Isle, Co. Longford shown.
2) The Porter family of Clogher Park, Co. Tyrone shown.
3) The Arms of Dr. John Porter (1806 – Clogher) also shown.
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Coming Up Later in this episode:
Irish Village uncovered in the U.S.
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1) King James Irish Army List
2) The Families of County Dublin, Ireland. ( H. Porter also)
3) The Families of County Donegal, Ireland.
4) J. Porter found in ‘Irish Knighthoods…’
5) Porter Arms in Co.Longford genealogy and family history
6) Farley Porter, v. 26 of the Journal of the IAHS
7) Names of Passengers from Ireland (9 listings)
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6) Boston will host the World Irish Dancing Championships
March 24-31, 2013, at Hynes Memorial Auditorium.
This will be the second time the event has been held in
the U.S. (The first was in Philadelphia this year).
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